The City of Belleville today announced the upcoming retirement of Brian Cousins, Director of Finance/City Treasurer. Carol Hinze, the current Manager of Finance/Deputy Treasurer for the City of Belleville, has been named Director of Finance/City Treasurer effective June 29, 2019.
Cousins has been an employee of the City for 29 years and has held the role of City Treasurer from 1996 – 2019. His in-depth knowledge of municipal finance and his natural leadership skills have been a major asset to the City of Belleville.
Hinze is an 18-year employee of the city’s Finance Department and brings a wealth of experience and skill to her new role. Hinze holds a CPA-CGA Designation and has been the Manager of Finance/Deputy Treasurer since 2004. Previously she held the positions of Acting Director, Customer Service & Finance and Manager of Finance & Special Projects.
Hinze will begin her new position with the City of Belleville effective July 2, 2019.
“Brian’s financial insight and extensive budget experience have been extremely valuable to the City of Belleville. We appreciate his many years of hard work and service to our community. On behalf of our Executive Management Team and myself especially, we want to wish Brian a very happy and healthy retirement,” said Rick Kester, CAO, City of Belleville. “We are pleased to announce that Carol has accepted this appointment. She has an impressive resume of work in the finance field and we are excited about the financial and corporate leadership skills she will bring to our Executive Management Team.”
